Citigroup Study: Banks Buying “Sovereign Debt” Causing Financial Crisis

According to Citigroup, US and European regulations force banks to purchase government debt; which will only lead to the debt crisis worsening. Citigroup conducted a study that showed regulators mandate banks to buy government debt against internal capital requirements. Yet other rules facilitate the stability of the government bonds market. In this scenario, the government issues more debt that…

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Defense Department Seeks Legal Authority to Deploy Reservists onto American Streets

Thanks to Posse Comitatis, the US military are forbidden from responding on the streets of America whenever the whim is announced. The Posse Comitatus Act, Section 1385, states that only under “circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress” can the military presence on American streets is allowed. Yet, if the Defense Department…

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Judge Rules NDAA Indefinite Detention Provision Violates First Amendment Rights

US District Court Judge Katherine Forrest has ruled that the provision within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that applies to the indefinite detention of American citizens is unconstitutional. Christopher Hedges, along with a group of writers and activists sued President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta for fear that they could be arrested and indefinitely…

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German Physicist Says CO2 Effecting Climate Change is “Sheer Absurdity”

A paper published in The Holocene shows that 3,200 years ago there were “extraordinary droughts and floods were parts of the [entirely natural] climate variability” in the Northwest region of China. This was during the mid-Holocene Climactic Optimum. It proves that during “safe” Co2 levels, the earth’s climate was erratic; just as it is today. Modern…

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NATO and the US Use Terrorism to Force Regime Change in Syria

The UN has ignored Fasil Mukdad’s statements that the rebels who are fighting against Bashar al-Assad were “criminals and drug dealers.”Mukdad says it was those rebels who “escalated the attacks” and Syria has a right to defend itself. Mukdad blames the US government and France for thwarting peace plans; referring to French foreign minister Alain Juppe’s comment…

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